Famous Sons of Leeds

rangieowner · Post by **rangieowner** » Tue 14 Aug, 2007 2:08 pm

simonm wrote: farbank wrote: 'Fraid not Scandy-lad. I should give eating the Danblu, and try a bit of the Wensleydale. [We could call you Wallace then.!] PS. I'm not nasty enough to say Gromit. I'm saying nowt!!As to munki's assertion that the world is not the debtor for the invention of concrete . Just think what the world would be like had it NOT been invented!! Had concrete not been invented then maybe there would be LESS faceless egg-box buldings around and more surviving old buildings with proper architecture!!!!!!!

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Tue 14 Aug, 2007 3:25 pm

rangieowner wrote: simonm wrote: As to munki's assertion that the world is not the debtor for the invention of concrete . Just think what the world would be like had it NOT been invented!! Had concrete not been invented then maybe there would be LESS faceless egg-box buldings around and more surviving old buildings with proper architecture!!!!!!! Agreed, but thats not the fault of the product is it? Had the internet not been invented then this thread alone would have taken weeks to put together!! Progress I'm afraid!

wiggy · Post by **wiggy** » Mon 20 Aug, 2007 8:03 pm

simonm wrote: Scandy Bramley wrote: Patrick Stewart (Luc Picard of Star Trek fame!)... Patrick Stewart was born and raised in Mirfield near Huddersfield!! nr wakey is a better script(innit?)

wiggy · Post by **wiggy** » Mon 20 Aug, 2007 8:05 pm

rangieowner wrote: Vic Reeves is from Leeds! it were on t'telly last week!!!! aye,e'were born in st marys

wiggy · Post by **wiggy** » Mon 20 Aug, 2007 8:09 pm

Reginal Perrin wrote: Bridewell Taxis anyone? Frankie Vaughan was of the Ableson family who ran the shed emporium on Thwaite Gate corner, swallowed up by First Direct.Weren't The Mission freom Leeds? Sister of Mercy too? Not really my cup o' tea but were fairly high profile for a while in the 80's. LFO's Mark Bell was from Lofthouse i recall. Good lad who got to work with Bjork and Depeche Mode as Producer. Bit of a techno wizzard (see attachment).http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sheath-LFO/dp/B0000C668I bridewell taxis! such memories,what about the abbrasive wheels and of course soft cell?

wiggy · Post by **wiggy** » Mon 20 Aug, 2007 8:11 pm

wiggy · Post by **wiggy** » Mon 20 Aug, 2007 8:22 pm

david harvey the leeds keeper went to foxwood and jason robinson went to cross green.what about that bloke from the council that was the headmaster in kes?

rangieowner · Post by **rangieowner** » Tue 21 Aug, 2007 12:53 am

wiggy wrote: simonm wrote: Scandy Bramley wrote: Patrick Stewart (Luc Picard of Star Trek fame!)... Patrick Stewart was born and raised in Mirfield near Huddersfield!! nr wakey is a better script(innit?) I'm with Simonm on this one!!! Patrick Stewart was born in Mirfield near Huddersfield! Gospel truth! i heard it from his own mouth!! He's a Huddersfield Town fan!!!!!! (well someone's gotta do it)

wiggy · Post by **wiggy** » Tue 21 Aug, 2007 11:41 am

rangieowner wrote: wiggy wrote: simonm wrote: Scandy Bramley wrote: Patrick Stewart (Luc Picard of Star Trek fame!)... Patrick Stewart was born and raised in Mirfield near Huddersfield!! nr wakey is a better script(innit?) I'm with Simonm on this one!!! Patrick Stewart was born in Mirfield near Huddersfield! Gospel truth! i heard it from his own mouth!! He's a Huddersfield Town fan!!!!!! (well someone's gotta do it) i totaly agree that he was from mirfield,but i thought mirfield was closer to wakey than uddersfield-it has a wakey postcode?

rangieowner · Post by **rangieowner** » Tue 21 Aug, 2007 12:08 pm

Just looked on Google Earth and Mirfield is near Dewsbury and is slightly closer to Hudds than Wakey!